As first NVOCC ECU WORLDWIDE is able to receive LCL-bookings of forwarders via DAKOSY’s booking tool eBooking. Responses like booking confirmation, depot information, arrival at port of destination etc. are also sent back by ECU WORLDWIDE via this platform.

The use of eBooking brings only benefits for the forwarders. The booking process is free of cost if the booking is placed via EDI interface from the own forwarding system and if the client also sends shipping instructions via DAKOSY. If the forwarder uses DAKOSY software the process is very comfortable as the booking process module is already integrated into the DAKOSY software. Therefore the already entered shipping details can be used for the booking process. The double entry of data and the risk of data-entry errors involved are omitted and the process is slimmed down significantly.

Thomas Heydorn, Managing Director of ECU WORLDWIDE (Germany) GmbH, is confident that booking possibilities via eBooking will be very well accepted by the client side: “Up to now we received bookings via bilateral customer interfaces, INTTRA or manually. By offering an interface to eBooking we provide a cost-effective, easy and very comfortable booking tool. Many of our clients are already connected to DAKOSY. For those the effort is minimal, but the timely and costly savings potential is huge. Consequently I am sure that eBooking will be used by many clients.”